Basic fibroblast growth factor promotes melanin synthesis by melanocytes

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 288, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 633-635

  Puri, Neelu ^a,d   Van Der Weel, Mirjam B ^a   De Wit, Freek S ^b   Asghar, Syed S ^a   Das, Pran K ^a   Ramaiah, Abburi ^c   Westerhof, Wiete ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic fibroblast growth factor; Keratinocyte; Melanocyte; Melanogenesis

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029830928     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02505269     Document Type: Article

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